Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease
Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection that occurs mainly in childhood; there are few reports, in Brazil, in adolescents and adults. The detection of asymptomatic carriers is of great importance in the disease control. From February 1998 to February 1999, a study was performed at the outpatient D...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:08d19311a5404270a811c1779e1a63eb 2024-09-09T19:25:30+00:00 Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease BERGSON Christiane Loureiro FERNANDES Nurimar Conceição 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/08d19311a5404270a811c1779e1a63eb EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000200007 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/08d19311a5404270a811c1779e1a63eb Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 43, Iss 2, Pp 87-91 (2001) Tinea capitis Carrier Adolescence Adult Elderly Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2001 ftdoajarticles 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection that occurs mainly in childhood; there are few reports, in Brazil, in adolescents and adults. The detection of asymptomatic carriers is of great importance in the disease control. From February 1998 to February 1999, a study was performed at the outpatient Dermatologic Unit of Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) to verify the frequency of asymptomatic carriers and tinea capitis between 79 adolescents, adults and elderly who lived in the same household of 56 children (0-12 years) with tinea capitis. Of these, one female and one male adults (2.5%) were asymptomatic carriers and the cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis respectively. One female adolescent and two female adults (3.8%) had tinea capitis and all cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans. The study has shown that adolescents and adults who live in the same household of children with tinea capitis may be sick or asymptomatic carriers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection that occurs mainly in childhood; there are few reports, in Brazil, in adolescents and adults. The detection of asymptomatic carriers is of great importance in the disease control. From February 1998 to February 1999, a study was performed at the outpatient Dermatologic Unit of Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) to verify the frequency of asymptomatic carriers and tinea capitis between 79 adolescents, adults and elderly who lived in the same household of 56 children (0-12 years) with tinea capitis. Of these, one female and one male adults (2.5%) were asymptomatic carriers and the cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis respectively. One female adolescent and two female adults (3.8%) had tinea capitis and all cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans. The study has shown that adolescents and adults who live in the same household of children with tinea capitis may be sick or asymptomatic carriers. |
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Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease |
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Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease |
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Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease |
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Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease |
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Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease |
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tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease |
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